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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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Cheese in Storage

Date: 1952
Description: Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses.
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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory worker tightening bolts on a Farmall tractor on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works. The men are working on Farmall tractors.
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Frank Lloyd Wright with Apprentices

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright with apprentices at Taliesin. Eric Lloyd Wright is seated to the right of FLW. Taliesin is located south of Spring Green, on the opposit...
Book or Pamphlet

Farmall Tractor Comfort Controls

Date: 1952
Description: Advertising illustrations of different comfort controls available on the McCormick H, M and MD tractors. Pictured here are the steering, handling and seati...
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Wisconsin Central D-3 Cabin

Date: 1952
Description: To celebrate the addition of DC-3s to their fleet, North Central Airlines sponsored several special promotional events. One such activity was a special fli...
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Cafeteria Line at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Woman serving meals to factory workers in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Assembling Tractors at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Factory worker installing a wheel on a tractor on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Workers Spray Painting Farmall Tractors

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers painting Farmall tractors at Farmall Works.
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Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire

Date: 1952
Description: Margaret McGuire, named the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948, promotes Wisconsin cheese.
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Crowning of Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1952
Description: Beverly Ann Steffen of Appleton is crowned the 1952 Alice in Dairyland.
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International Refrigerator

Date: 1952
Description: A woman in a black dress and heels stands in a kitchen next to an International Harvester refrigerator stocked with food and beverages.
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Milling Barrel Staves

Date: 1952
Description: Two employees of the Hess Cooperage, working at machines that are milling oak lumber into staves for barrels.
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Using a Draw Knife to Shape a Barrel Stave

Date: 1952
Description: Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. using a draw knife to shape an oak barrel stave at the Hess Cooperage. Also known as "schnitzeling on the schnitzelbank".
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Joe Hess Finishing Barrel Heads

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess finishing barrel heads at the Hess Cooperage.
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Frank Hess Sr. Trimming Cattails on Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, trimming cattails, used to cauk oak barrels.
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Trussing a Barrel

Date: 1952
Description: Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. and Tony Hess using a truss hoop driver to install hoops around a barrel at the Hess Cooperage. Also known as "trussing".
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Joe Hess using Crozing Machine

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess using a crozing machine to shape an oak barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Frank Hess Sr. Using Cooper's Lathe

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, finishing the exterior of a barrel on a cooper's lathe.

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